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Go on. Have a go! No deadline - just put it together over time. Andrew On 15 August 2018 at 21:06, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > All good ideas, Andrew. Whether I’m up to it, I can’t yet say. Pat, 10 > metres is what I converted 30 ft in the article from. > > Bill > > On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 at 9:05 pm, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Bill, I think it is an opportunity to write a multi-voiced, poly > > point-of-view text - with newspaper report, police broadcasts cut in with > > the voice of the diver. (Maybe a bit of radio chat from drivers, too.) > Make > > a radio drama of it - as a poem and a script. > > > > Whaddya think? > > > > Andrew > > > > On 15 August 2018 at 16:33, Patrick McManus < > > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > opened up story they wanted me to accept cookies -but managed to peer > > > between > > > > > > a drama! thanks Bill -ten metre doesn't sound much for the job > > > anyway!broken ankle? > > > > > > cheers P liked his thoughts > > > > > > > > > > > > On 14/08/2018 23:26, Bill Wootton wrote: > > > > > >> Still working on this one. Any comments? See real story below poem. > > >> > > >> Bill > > >> > > >> Jumped in Detroit > > >> > > >> > > >> Quick calculation from on high > > >> > > >> four - five body lengths stacked > > >> > > >> Call it ten metres > > >> > > >> Plenty ‘nough to do the job > > >> > > >> Just take a bit of a lookie round first > > >> > > >> Tons of traffic > > >> > > >> > > >> Whoah, who’s this > > >> > > >> coming across the overpass > > >> > > >> Ah, boys in blue eh > > >> > > >> No good fellas, too late > > >> > > >> Mind’s made up > > >> > > >> No one’s gonna miss > > >> > > >> this little black duck > > >> > > >> Certainly not Accusing Annie > > >> > > >> This’ll show her > > >> > > >> Who’ll she find to blame now? > > >> > > >> > > >> Hey what tha > > >> > > >> truck > > >> > > >> Where’s that bitumen > > >> > > >> Big semis manouevring > > >> > > >> sidling up next to each other > > >> > > >> right under Coolidge Highway > > >> > > >> clogging up all the lanes both ways > > >> > > >> hell, even between the lanes > > >> > > >> > > >> All traffic’s stopped > > >> > > >> For me > > >> > > >> What’s it to them > > >> > > >> > > >> No room > > >> > > >> If I jump now that’s cut > > >> > > >> It to what ... four - five metres > > >> > > >> Not enough > > >> > > >> I’d just be a broken-boned > > >> > > >> Alive-o > > >> > > >> OK, I’m listening listening > > >> > > >> Maybe today > > >> > > >> Is not the day > > >> > > >> > > >> bw > > >> > > >> 14.8.18 > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2018/04/michigan-state-troo > > >> pers-call-truckers-avert-suicide/ > > >> > > >> ############################################################ > ############ > > >> > > >> To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > > >> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > > >> > > > > > > > > > ############################################################ > ############ > > > > > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > > > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Andrew > > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ > > Books available through Walleah Press > > http://walleahpress.com.au > > > > ######################################################################## > > > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > > > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1 > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ Books available through Walleah Press http://walleahpress.com.au ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the POETRYETC list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=POETRYETC&A=1